Alikhel

Alikhil,speni oba, malm Jaba, Swat Pakistan

{{Short description|Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan}}

{{For|the village in India|Alikhel, Jalandhar}}

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{{Pashtuns}}

Alikhel ({{langx|ps|علي‌خېل}}) or Alikhil or ‘’’Alikhail’’’ is a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Alikhel belongs to the tribe of the Panni confederation of Pashtuns. It is considered a "brother tribe" of the Sulaimankhel.Neamet Ullah History of the Afghans|Bernhard Dorn|1836|p=49

In 1924, the Alikhel joined in the Khost Rebellion initiated by the Mangal tribe.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bv4hzxpo424C&pg=PA148|title=Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia|author=Frank Clements|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2003|isbn=978-1-85109-402-8|pages=148–|access-date=1 April 2011}}

Clans:

(Nipkhel)

(Uriakhail)

(Minzai)

(HazarKhel)

(Mamozai)

(Isapkhail)